The Mare: A Novel (Vintage Contemporaries)

The Mare: A Novel (Vintage Contemporaries)

Following her National Book Awardâ€“nominated Veronica, here is Mary Gaitskillâ€™s most poignant and powerful work yetâ€”the story of a Dominican girl, the Anglo woman who introduces her to riding, and the horse who changes everything for her.
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Velveteen Vargas is eleven years old, a Fresh Air Fund kid from Brooklyn. Her host family is a couple in upstate New York: Ginger, a failed artist and shakily recovered alcoholic, and her academic husband, Paul, who wonder what it will mean to â€œmake a differenceâ€ in such a contrived situation. Gaitskill illuminates their shifting relationship with Velvet over several years, as well as Velvetâ€™sÂ encounter with the horses at the stable down the roadâ€”especially with an abused, unruly mare called Fugly Girl. With strong supporting charactersâ€”Velvetâ€™s abusive mother, an eccentric horse trainer, a charismatic older boy who awakens Velvetâ€™s nascent passionâ€”The Mare traces Velvetâ€™s journey between the vital, violent world of the inner city and the world of the small-town stable.
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In Gaitskillâ€™s hands, the timeless story of a girl and a horse is joined with a timely story of people from different races and classes trying to meet one another honestly. The Mare is raw, heart-stirring, and original.
Country USA
Manufacturer Vintage
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2015-11-03
Format Kindle eBook
EANs 9781101870624

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Vintage
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2015-11-03
Format	Kindle eBook
EANs	9781101870624

The Mare: A Novel (Vintage Contemporaries)

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